Your Grace beyond reason has paid for our freedom.

Peter said, "You know all things! You know that I love You."


i have a good friend who wants to get a tattoo in Greek lettering that reads, "Love never ends." We can't say that about many objects or ideals in the world we live in. That statement is sort of tacked on to a famous section about love in 1 Corinthians 13. A huge cause of way too many problems is simply the fact that most people will apply "love" in ways that so vehemently oppose just that one simple statement.

Love is so well wrapped in the concept of a bondservant: it's the idea that we realize that the King has set us free, but because of Hislove for us, we offer our lives in eternal servitude back to Him. It's the idea that though we make mistakes, He will still welcome us back to Himself, saying "Follow me. Let me show you love as it applies to life, because I have taken the word love, and poured My life into it." Sometimes we Christians don't love the very Savior who loved us first, and so the church has become in large part a failure, especially in the West. We have taken the gift of salvation and perverted it to such an extent that it is merely a ticket to heaven and a get out of jail free card on earth. However, there are still some who, like Peter, have a love for Jesus that is real. These people will not be found perfect in anyone's eyes, but in their heart of hearts, they realize the only response to the Greatest Love is to give Him what feeble love they can muster. It's a small offering often, but it is all we have to give.









(photo by Samantha Floyd)